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Re: remember the lesson of the sendsys bomb
From: "Leonard, Jason M." <Jason.Leonard () wcom net>
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 12:14:29 -0500
Paul A Vixie wrote:
the lesson of the sendsys is that after a 24 or 36 hour period of continuous wakefulness, sean and alan and the rest are going to have to SLEEP. *that* will be the time when some perfectly normal event like a route spew or heavy flap or genetic IOS defect will make itself >
known, and *that* will be the time when Y2K finally kicks us all in the > head. not because of the date change, but because everybody stayed
awake too long and upset their normal vigilence.
So far, caffeine seems Y2K compliant. 50 hours so far and I'm not the least bit paranoid, though after the 30th pot or so I decided that Mylanta makes a better creamer than skim milk. *sound of door closing* WHAT THE *#$& WAS THAT!? Oh...sorry. -Jason Who figures he's good until at least the third or the fourth before the bugs start crawling all over him. Operational content: Y2K+12h and all's well here at UUNET in Ohio.
Current thread:
- remember the lesson of the sendsys bomb Paul A Vixie (Dec 31)
- Re: remember the lesson of the sendsys bomb Joe Shaw (Jan 01)
- Re: remember the lesson of the sendsys bomb Alex P. Rudnev (Jan 04)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: remember the lesson of the sendsys bomb Leonard, Jason M. (Jan 01)
- Re: remember the lesson of the sendsys bomb Sean Donelan (Jan 04)
- Re: remember the lesson of the sendsys bomb Alex P. Rudnev (Jan 04)